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Blooms before the Freeze

12 years ago

Alas, the freeze last night really zapped the spring blossoms. But here are some memories.

This one is from the hospital garden I tend. I think this is the old Ice Follies, which managed to pretty much bloom out before the cold onslaught. A local Springfest also brought out hordes of college students, who trampled the beds like a herd of wildebeest.
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Loper poses in front of Lemon Glow, another earlier one:
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Jetfire, an early cyclamineus:
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Pink Silk, with Passionale behind it:
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Sentinel, another superb pink-cupped cultivar. A close-up, of course, but the flowers are very large.
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Golden Echo, with Wisley (larger) in background:
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Salmon Impression
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Pink Charm Flowers are smaller than the earlier pinks shown.
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White Emperor glistens in early evening.
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Not sure of the names of these orange-cupped ones in the back yard.
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Some people rave about By George, but I find that it fades in the sun and its stems are not so strong as I would like.
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Mon Cheri--short, but long lasting and good stems.
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Las Vegas
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Wisley, a superior early bloomer with excellent stems
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Ara--another good early bloomer, with cup held high:
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Anemones
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Bloodroot lasted as long this year as they ever do.

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This is Toto.
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This post was edited by mantis__oh on Fri, May 2, 14 at 20:05

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